U.S. patent application number 11/955417 was filed with the patent office on 2009-06-18 for selection and display of media associated with a geographic area based on gesture input.
This patent application is currently assigned to MICROSOFT CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Bogdan Popp.
Application Number | 20090153492 11/955417 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40752550 |
Filed Date | 2009-06-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090153492 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Popp; Bogdan |
June 18, 2009 |
SELECTION AND DISPLAY OF MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHIC AREA
BASED ON GESTURE INPUT
Abstract
An interactive media display system is provided to display media
associated with a selected geographic area based on a gesture input
of user. The interactive media display system may include a
touch-sensitive display surface configured to display a geographic
map and receive a gesture input generated by a user on the
touch-sensitive display surface while the geographic map is
displayed, the gesture input defining a selected geographic area on
the geographic map. The system may further include a controller
configured, in response to the gesture input, to filter the media
data based on position data to determine a filtered media data
collection including media that are associated with the selected
geographic area, and to command the touch-sensitive display surface
to display the media in the filtered media data collection.
Inventors: |
Popp; Bogdan; (Sammamish,
WA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
ONE MICROSOFT WAY
REDMOND
WA
98052
US
|
Assignee: |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Redmond
WA
|
Family ID: |
40752550 |
Appl. No.: |
11/955417 |
Filed: |
December 13, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
345/173 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 2203/04808
20130101; G06F 3/04883 20130101; G06F 16/58 20190101 |
Class at
Publication: |
345/173 |
International
Class: |
G06F 3/041 20060101
G06F003/041 |
Claims
1. An interactive media display system, comprising: a
touch-sensitive display surface configured to display a geographic
map and receive a gesture input generated by a user on the
touch-sensitive display surface, the gesture input defining a
selected geographic area on the geographic map; a data store for
storing map data and media data, the media data including media and
metadata associated with the media, the metadata including position
data indicating a geographic position at which the media was
recorded; and a controller configured to receive the gesture input
from the touch-sensitive display surface, and in response to the
gesture input, to filter the media data based on the position data
to determine a filtered media data collection that includes media
associated with the selected geographic area, and to command the
touch-sensitive display surface to display the media in the
filtered media data collection.
2. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
touch-sensitive display surface is a multiple touch-sensitive
display surface configured to acquire gesture input at a plurality
of locations on the touch-sensitive display surface at a given
time, enabling multiple users and/or multiple fingers of a user to
interact with the touch-sensitive display surface.
3. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
controller is configured to execute a gesture input module that is
configured to receive the gesture input from the touch-sensitive
display surface and identify a geographic boundary associated with
the gesture input that defines the selected geographic area.
4. The interactive media display system of claim 3, wherein the
controller is further configured to execute a media filter module
that is configured to receive the geographic boundary from the
gesture input module, and in response to the geographic boundary,
to filter the media data stored in the data store based on the
position data to obtain the filtered media data collection.
5. The interactive media display system of claim 4, wherein the
controller is further configured to execute a map module that is
configured to access the map data from the data store.
6. The interactive media display system of claim 2, wherein the
data store includes a map data store for storing the map data and a
media data store for storing the media data, the map data store
being maintained on and accessed via an map service configured to
be accessible by multiple users of the map service, and the media
data store being maintained on and accessed via a media service
configured to store media data of multiple subscribers of the media
service.
7. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
media data store further includes a data store of an intermediary
computing device configured to upload the media data from an input
device used to capture the media and/or the metadata associated
with the media.
8. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
gesture input is selected from the group consisting of a
manually-drawn boundary gesture input, a press-and-hold drawn
boundary box gesture input, finger-pinch drawn boundary box gesture
input, and a manually drawn line boundary box gesture input.
9. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
position data in the metadata includes data selected from the group
consisting of longitude, latitude, altitude, and compass
direction.
10. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
metadata includes derivative data of the position data related to
speed and/or acceleration at which the media data were
captured.
11. The interactive media display system of claim 1, wherein the
metadata includes date and time data, and/or input device type data
indicating the input device used to capture the media data.
12. The interactive media display system of claim 1, further
comprising an input device including a position sensing system for
determining a position of the input device at a time when media is
recorded, and recording the position as the position data.
13. A method for displaying media based on gesture input,
comprising: displaying a geographic map on a touch-sensitive
display surface; receiving a gesture input from a user while the
geographic map is displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface;
identifying a geographic boundary associated with the gesture input
that defines a selected geographic area on the geographic map
displayed; filtering media data stored in a media data store in
response to the geographic boundary associated with the gesture
input to determine a filtered media data collection including media
associated with the selected geographic area; and displaying the
media in the filtered media data collection on the touch-sensitive
display surface.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the media data includes media
and associated metadata including position data, and wherein the
determination of the filtered media data collection is based on the
position data associated with the media data.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the position data includes data
selected from the group consisting of longitude, latitude,
altitude, and compass direction.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the determination of the
filtered media data collection is further based on metadata other
than the position data.
17. The method of claim 13, further comprising, prior to displaying
the geographic map, accessing map data for the geographic map from
a data store associated with a map service executed on a map
server, via a computer network, the map service being configured to
be accessible by multiple users of the map service.
18. The method of claim 13, further comprising, prior to receiving
the gesture input, uploading the media data to a media data store
from an input device.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the media data store from which
the media data is filtered is associated with a media service, the
media service being configured to store media data of multiple
subscribers of the media service.
20. A method for displaying media based on gesture input,
comprising: from an input device, uploading media data to a media
data store associated with a media service executed on a media
server, the media data including media and associated metadata, the
metadata including position data; from an interactive display
device including a touch-sensitive display device, accessing map
data for a geographic map from a data store associated with a map
service executed on a map server; displaying a geographic map on
the touch-sensitive display device, based on the map data;
receiving a gesture input generated by a user from the
touch-sensitive display surface while the geographic map is
displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface; identifying a
geographic boundary associated with the gesture input defining a
selected geographic area on the geographic map displayed; filtering
media data stored in a media data store in response to the
geographic boundary associated with the gesture input to determine
a filtered media data collection including media associated with
the selected geographic area, wherein the determination of the
filtered media data collection is based on the position data
associated with the media data; and displaying the media in the
filtered media data collection on the touch-sensitive display
surface.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] Digital media equipment, such as digital cameras, digital
audio recorders and digital video cameras, have become increasingly
popular among the general population in recent years, generating
large numbers of media files. Using current media file management
systems, which in general organize and search media files according
to folder name, file name, and/or date and time of creation, it is
often difficult to conveniently locate a desired media file. In
particular, there is no suitable way with current media file
management systems for a user to conveniently locate and display a
media file associated with a particular geographic location, as
well as time of creation, and/or other media attributes.
SUMMARY
[0002] An interactive media display system is provided to display
media associated with a selected geographic area based on a gesture
input of user. The interactive media display system may include a
touch-sensitive display surface configured to display a geographic
map and receive a gesture input generated by a user on the
touch-sensitive display surface while the geographic map is
displayed, the gesture input defining a selected geographic area on
the geographic map. The system may additionally include a data
store for storing map data and media data. The media data may
include media and metadata associated with the media. The metadata
may include, for example, position data associated with the media.
The system may further include a controller configured to receive
the gesture input from the touch-sensitive display surface, and in
response to the gesture input, to filter the media data based on
the position data to determine a filtered media data collection
including media that are associated with the selected geographic
area, and to command the touch-sensitive display surface to display
the media in the filtered media data collection.
[0003] This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of
concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in
the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify
key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter,
nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed
subject matter. Furthermore, the claimed subject matter is not
limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages
noted in any part of this disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interactive
media display system having an interactive media display device
with a touch-sensitive display surface for displaying media
associated with a selected geographic area based on a gesture input
of a user.
[0005] FIG. 2 shows two representations of the touch-sensitive
display surface of the interactive media display system of FIG. 1,
illustrating the input of a gesture input, and the display of media
associated with a selected geographic area based on the gesture
input.
[0006] FIG. 3 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
finger-pinch drawn boundary box gesture input.
[0007] FIG. 4 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
press-and-hold boundary box gesture input made by a digit of a
user.
[0008] FIG. 5 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
manually-drawn boundary gesture input drawn by a digit of a
user.
[0009] FIG. 6 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
manually-drawn line boundary box gesture input drawn with a
stylus.
[0010] FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for
displaying media data associated with a selected geographic area
based on gesture input.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0011] As illustrated in FIG. 1, an interactive media display
system 10 is provided, the interactive media display system 10
including an interactive display device 12 having a touch-sensitive
display surface 14 configured to display a geographic map 50 and
receive a gesture input 52 generated by a user on the
touch-sensitive display surface 14 while the geographic map 50 is
displayed. The interactive display device 12 may further include a
controller 16 configured to receive the gesture input 52 from the
touch-sensitive display surface 14, and recognize that the gesture
input 52 defines a selected geographic area 56 on the geographic
map 50. In response to the gesture input 52, the controller 16 may
be further configured to filter media 66 in one or more data stores
18 based on metadata 68, including position data, associated with
the media 66 to determine a filtered media data collection 70 of
media 66 that are associated with the selected geographic area 56.
The controller may further be configured to retrieve the filtered
media data collection 70 from the data store 18, and command the
touch-sensitive display surface 14 to display the media 66 in the
filtered media data collection 70.
[0012] The touch-sensitive display surface 14 may be a multiple
touch-sensitive display surface configured to acquire gesture input
52 at a plurality of locations on the touch-sensitive display
surface 14 at a given time, enabling multiple users and/or multiple
fingers of a user to interact with the touch-sensitive display
surface 14. Thus, a gesture input 52 from one or more fingers of
one or more users may be recognized by the controller 16.
[0013] Turning to the inner workings of the controller 16, the
controller 16 may be configured to execute a gesture input module
28 that is configured to receive the gesture input 52 from the
touch-sensitive display surface 14 and identify a geographic
boundary 54 associated with the gesture input 52 that defines the
selected geographic area 56. As illustrated in FIGS. 2-5 and
described below, the gesture input module 28 may be configured to
recognize gesture input 52 such as a manually-drawn boundary
gesture input 78, a press-and-hold drawn boundary box gesture input
80, finger-pinch drawn boundary box gesture input 82, and a
manually drawn line boundary box gesture input 84.
[0014] The controller 16 may be further configured to execute a
media filter module 30 that is configured to receive the geographic
boundary 54 from the gesture input module 28, and in response to
the geographic boundary 54, to filter the media data 62 stored in
one or more of the data stores 18 based on the metadata 68, such as
the position data, to obtain a filtered media data collection 70
including media associated with the selected geographic area
56.
[0015] The controller 16 may be further configured to execute a map
module 32 that is configured to access the map data 64 from the
data stores 18. The map data 64 may include data for generating the
geographic map 50, including data for rendering aerial images,
streets, political boundaries, buildings, geographic features, and
other map features.
[0016] The controller 16 may be additionally configured to execute
a display module 36. The display module 36 may be configured to
receive the map data 64 from the map module 32, and cause the
geographic map 50 encoded in the map data 64 to be displayed on the
touch-sensitive display surface 14. The display module 36 may also
be configured to receive the filtered media data collection 70 from
the media filter module 30, and cause the media in the filtered
media data collection 70 to be displayed on the touch-sensitive
display surface 14. The display may be effected by a display output
72 sent from the display module 36 to the touch-sensitive display
surface 14. The display of the filtered media data collection 70
may be in a suitable form, such as thumbnails, previews, lists,
slideshows, audio clips, and/or video clips. The filtered media
data collection 70 may be displayed as an overlay on the geographic
map 50. For example, thumbnails 86 of photographs associated with a
geographic location may be overlaid on the geographic map 50 at
that particular geographic location as illustrated in FIG. 6.
[0017] The controller 16 may be configured to execute an interface
module 34 configured to provide an interface between the data
stores 18 and each of the media filter module 30 and the map module
32. The interface module 34 may be configured to send out a filter
media data command to cause media data 62 stored in the media data
store 40 of the data store 18 to be filtered based on the metadata
68, such as the position data 88. The filter media data command may
be generated based on the geographic boundary 54 associated with
the gesture input 52. The interface module 34 may be configured to
send out a filter map data command to cause map data 64 stored in
the map data store 42 of the data store 18 to be filtered according
to the filter map data command. The filter map data command may be
generated based on the gesture input 52.
[0018] As discussed above, one or more data stores 18 may be
provided. The data stores 18 may be configured to store map data 64
for the geographic map 50 and media data 62. The stored media data
62 may include media 66 and metadata 68 associated with the media
66, the metadata 68 including position data indicating a geographic
position at which the media was recorded. The data stores 18 may be
locally provided on the interactive media display device 12,
remotely located at a media service 20 and/or map service 22, or
located on an input device 26 or intermediary computing device 24,
via a peripheral or peer-to-peer connection. Thus, it will be
appreciated that the interface module 34 may be configured to
communicate over a computer network 76, such as a wide area
network, with the various devices on which the data stores 18 are
located. In some cases, such as when communicating with input
device 26 or intermediary computing device 24, the interface module
34 may also be configured to communicate via a wired or wireless
peripheral device connection, or local area network connection, as
illustrated at A in FIG. 1.
[0019] One or more of the data stores 18 may include a map data
store 42 for storing the map data 64 and a media data store 40 for
storing the media data 62. In the depicted embodiment, the map data
store 42 is maintained on and accessed via a map service 22
executed on a map server configured to be accessible by multiple
users of the map service 22. Further, in the depicted embodiment,
the media data store 40 is maintained on and accessed via a media
service 20 executed on a media server configured to store media
data 62 of multiple subscribers of the media service 20. As
discussed above, in addition or as an alternative to the data store
18 on the media server, the interactive display device 12 may be
configured to communicate with a data store 18 on each input device
26, an intermediary computing device 24, and/or on the interactive
display device 12 itself, each of which are configured to store
media data 62.
[0020] To upload media data 62 to the media server on which media
service 20 is executed, interactive media display system 10 may
further include one or more input devices 26 and intermediary
computing devices 24, which may be used by the same or a different
user than the user of interactive display device 12. The input
device 26 may include a position sensing system for determining a
position of the input device at a time when media is recorded, and
recording the position as the position data. The position sensing
system may include a global positioning system (GPS) for tracking
position of the input device 26 via a satellite network. The
position sensing system of the input device 26 may further include
a compass for determining a compass direction indicating the
directional orientation of the input device 26, and an altimeter
for generating altitude data. Thus, the position sensing system may
be configured to generate position data including longitude,
latitude, altitude, and compass direction.
[0021] A clock may also be provided in input device 26 to record
metadata 68 indicating the time and date at which the media were
recorded. Using the time and date data, the input device 26, or
alternatively the intermediary computing device 24 or other
computing device within interactive media display system 10, may be
configured to compute derivative data of the position data,
including speed and/or acceleration at which the media data 62 were
captured. In addition, the input device 26 may be configured to
record metadata 68 indicating the type (e.g., brand, model, etc.)
of input device 26 used to capture the media data 62.
[0022] It will be appreciated that the input device 26 may be a
single unitary device, or may include a plurality of separate
devices. For example, a unitary GPS enabled digital camera may
function as input device 26. Alternatively, a digital camera and
associated GPS unit may be provided as separate input devices 26,
and the media captured by the digital camera may be linked with
position data recorded by the GPS unit at the intermediary
computing device 24, as described below.
[0023] The media data 62 captured by the input device 26 may be
uploaded onto the intermediary computing device 24 via an input
processor 74 of the intermediary computing device 24. Where the
media 66 include embedded metadata 68, the input processor 74 may
be configured to separate the media 66 and metadata 68 into
separate data containers, and link each media file with associated
metadata, and link each media file with associated metadata. The
input processor 74 may also be configured to upload the separated
media 66 and metadata 68 files to the data store 18 associated with
media service 20. For example, the input processor 74 may, during
uploading a jpeg file that includes image data embedded with global
positioning system (GPS) data, and may separate and link the image
data and the GPS data and upload them to the media service 20 as
separate but linked data. The image data may be uploaded as the
media 66 and the GPS data may be uploaded the metadata 68
associated with the media 66. Where separate input devices device
are used to capture metadata 68 with the position data and media
66, the input processor 74 may be configured to link the resulting
separate media 66 and metadata 68 associated with the media 66.
This may be accomplished, for example, by matching time and date
data encoded in each of the meta data 68 and media 66, to link the
appropriate position data and other metadata 68 with the
appropriate media 66.
[0024] In an example use-scenario of the interactive media display
system 10 of FIG. 1, a user may capture photographs using an input
device 26, such as a digital camera with an integrated GPS unit,
during various trips at various times around the world. The
captured photographs may include image data and metadata associated
with the image data, such as GPS position data. The user may
subsequently upload the photographs from the digital camera onto
the data store 18 of the interactive media display system 10
located on the interactive display device 12, using an intermediary
computing device 24, such as a personal computer of the user
executing appropriate software. The intermediary computing device
separates out and links the image data from the metadata, stores a
copy on the intermediary computing device, and uploads the images
and position data to the data store 18 on media service 20.
[0025] The user may later wish to access these images based on
various metadata associated with the photographs, including
position data. For example, the user may wish to access photographs
take during a trip to Hawaiian Islands five years ago at sea level
using the interactive media display system 10. At an interactive
media display device 12 of the interactive media display system 10,
a geographic map 50 is first displayed on a touch-sensitive display
surface 14 of the interactive media display device 12. The map data
64 encoding the geographic map 50 is accessed by a map module 32 of
a controller 16 of the interactive display device 12 from a map
data store 42 located on a server of a map service 22 executed on a
map server.
[0026] To access the images, the user then draws a manually drawn
boundary gesture input 78 encircling the Hawaiian Islands on the
geographic map 50 displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface
14. The gesture input 52 is passed to a gesture input module 28 of
the controller 16 of the interactive media display device 12. The
gesture input module 28 processes the gesture input 52 of the user
to identify a geographic boundary 54 that identifies the Hawaiian
Islands as a selected geographic area 56. The user may also
identify the time frame of interest and the altitude of interest
using the touch-sensitive display surface 14, for example via a
suitable date and time selector and a suitable altitude selector
provided on a graphical user interface of the touch-sensitive
display surface 14.
[0027] The identified geographic boundary 54 is then passed to a
media filter module 30 of the controller 16. The media filter
module 30 filters the media data 62 in data store 18 for images
based on the metadata 68 stored in data store 18 to identify a
collection of images that were taken 5 years ago in the Hawaiian
Islands at sea level.
[0028] The media filter module 30 utilizes the interface module 34
to send out commands from the media filter module 30 to the
relevant data stores 18 to search for the collection of images
taken 5 years ago on the Hawaiian Islands at sea level. In some
embodiments, the media filter module 30 may be configured to search
all data stores 18 that are currently connected to the interactive
media display device 12, and download images from each that have
position data within the selected geographic area. In other
embodiments, the filter module 30 may be configured to only search
the data store 18 at the media service 20 and in response obtain a
list of the images in the collection. The interface module 34 may
be configured to determine whether a cached copy of any of the
images exists on the locally provided data store 18 on the
interactive media display device 12. Where no cached copy is
available, the interface module 34 may then command the data store
to send the images on the list if it determines that the images are
not available on the local data store.
[0029] Once the collection of images is obtained from the one or
more data stores 18, it is passed from the media filter module 30
to the display module 36. The display module 36 in response outputs
a display output 72 to the touch-sensitive display surface 14 and
causes the filtered collection of images to be displayed on the
touch-sensitive display surface 14.
[0030] Since the touch-sensitive display surface 14 is a multiple
touch-sensitive display surface 14 configured to acquire gesture
input at a plurality of locations at a given time, it will be
appreciated that a second user desiring to view photographs from a
different geographic area on The Hawaiian Islands may input a
second gesture input at the same time as the first user described
above. This second gesture input is processed in the manner
described above, and a second filtered collection of images is
determined and displayed to the second user on the touch sensitive
display surface 14.
[0031] FIG. 2 shows two representations of the touch-sensitive
display surface 14 of the interactive media display system of FIG.
1, illustrating the input of a gesture input 52 and the display of
media 66 associated with a selected geographic area 56 based on the
gesture input 52. At the top in FIG. 2, the geographic map 50 is
shown displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface 14, and the
manually drawn boundary gesture input 78 is shown drawn on the
touch-sensitive display surface with a stylus 60. At the bottom in
FIG. 2, the filtered media data collection 70 of media 66
associated with the selected geographic area 56 are displayed on
the touch-sensitive display surface 14. In the depicted embodiment,
the filtered media data collection 70 includes preview images of
photographs, full versions of which can be displayed upon selection
by a user.
[0032] FIG. 3 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
finger-pinch drawn boundary box gesture input 82. A finger-pinch
made with the thumb and the index finger of a user produces a
finger-pinch drawn boundary box gesture input 82 that include a
rectangular shaped geographic boundary 54 in a space between the
thumb and the index finger that defines a selected geographic area
56.
[0033] FIG. 4 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
press-and-hold boundary box gesture input 80 made by a finger of a
user. A circular geographic boundary 54 is shown drawn when a user
press and hold a finger on the touch-sensitive display surface 14.
Alternatively, the geographic boundary 54 may be formed in a shape
other than a circle, such a polygon or oval. The geographic
boundary 54 may grow as the finger is pressed and held on the
touch-sensitive display surface 14. The longer the hold, the bigger
the geographic boundary 54 that is drawn on the touch-sensitive
display surface 14.
[0034] FIG. 5 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface of
the interactive media display system of FIG. 1, illustrating a
manually-drawn boundary gesture input 78 drawn with a finger of a
user. The manually-drawn boundary gesture input 78 may also be
drawn with a device, such as a stylus 60 as illustrated in FIG.
2.
[0035] FIG. 6 is a screen of the touch-sensitive display surface 14
of the interactive media display device 12 of the interactive media
display system 10 of FIG. 1, illustrating a manually-drawn line
boundary box gesture input 84 drawn with a stylus. A geographic
boundary 54 may be drawn around a manually-drawn line to define a
selected geographic area 56 along the manually-drawn line.
Thumbnails 86 of photographs associated with a geographic location
may be overlaid on the geographic map 50 at the selected geographic
area 56, as described above.
[0036] FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method 100 for
displaying media data associated with a selected geographic area
based on gesture input. The method 100 may be implemented on the
interactive media display system of FIG. 1, or on other suitable
computer hardware components, as desired.
[0037] The method 100 may include, at 102, uploading media data to
a media data store from one or more input devices used to capture
the media data. As described above, the media data may include
media and associated metadata, which in turn includes position data
associated with the media. The position data may include data
selected from the group consisting of longitude, latitude,
altitude, and compass direction. Other metadata may also be
included, as described above.
[0038] At 104, the method may further include displaying a
geographic map on a touch-sensitive display surface of an
interactive media display device. Prior to displaying the
geographic map, the method may further include accessing map data
for the geographic map from a data store associated with a map
service executed on a map server, via a computer network. As
described above, the map service may be configured to be accessible
by multiple users of the map service.
[0039] At 106, the method may further include receiving a gesture
input from a user while the geographic map is displayed on the
touch-sensitive display surface. At 108, the method may further
include identifying a geographic boundary associated with the
gesture input, the geographic boundary defining a selected
geographic area on the geographic map.
[0040] At 110, the method may further include filtering media data
stored in a media data store in response to the geographic boundary
associated with the gesture input to determine a filtered media
data collection including media associated with the selected
geographic area. As discussed above, the media data may include
media and associated metadata including position data, and the
determination of the filtered media data collection may be based on
the position data associated with the media data. In addition, the
determination of the filtered media data collection may be further
based on metadata other than the position data. As discussed above,
the media data store from which the media data is filtered may be
associated with a media service executed on a server, the media
service being configured to store media data of multiple
subscribers of the media service.
[0041] At 112, the method further includes displaying the
collection of media data on the touch-sensitive display
surface.
[0042] Using the above systems and methods, a user may efficiently
access stored media associated with a geographic area, using a
gesture input on a geographic map displayed on a touch sensitive
display surface, without searching for media files in a folder
hierarchy of a file system.
[0043] It will be appreciated that the computing devices described
herein may be servers, personal computers, laptop computers,
portable data assistant (PDA), or other type of suitable computing
device, and the input devices described herein may be any suitable
type of device configured to capture digital media, including a
digital camera, digital video camera, digital audio recorder,
camera-equipped mobile telephone, or other suitable device. These
devices typically include a processor and associated volatile and
non-volatile memory, and are configured to execute programs stored
in non-volatile memory using portions of volatile memory and the
processor.
[0044] It should be understood that the embodiments herein are
illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the invention
is defined by the appended claims rather than by the description
preceding them, and all changes that fall within metes and bounds
of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds thereof are
therefore intended to be embraced by the claims.
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